My dream as well.
A straight salary dump where we trade Derrick Favors and No. 30 for nothing would be so, so, deflating. How the **** do you spin that into a positive? Attaching a first round pick to get off a guy that’s only making $9 million and has been a starter or solid rotation player his entire career seems pretty ****ing stupid to me. He is definitely overpaid, but if it comes at the expense of our first rounder with nothing useful coming back, that just doesn’t seem to be a good move.
I’d much rather move Bogey. He is a big contract, but should be moveable for a positive return and really helps luxury tax concerns.
I think we need to just take the Derrick Favors medicine and see if he can redeem himself a bit this season. Trading Derrick for nothing and attaching a pick also just creates another roster hole to be filled by a minimum guy. I am scared rolling into next year with Doke as the backup.
Bogey is the move. Trade him for his younger, cheaper replacement. Or, if you’re feeling lucky and risky, trade him for a pick in the middle of the first and draft his replacement.
It’s definitely pick your poison type of situation. I agree with a lot of this. However being a huge Favors homer I’m not blind to the fact his contract is terrible for a back up center. But we don’t know how good Dok is at defense. It could be a nightmare and make us way worse on the defensive side of the ball.
And then you have Bogey, he didn’t have his best year, but a full off season could do him wonders and put him back to his 20 points a game. Which could help us big time during close games.
Glad I don’t have to make this decision.